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		<title>By: Shout out to Dr. Joe Medicine Crow</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shout out to Dr. Joe Medicine Crow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Primer for AmHater:

I&#039;ve always been astounded by people who hate &quot;corporations&quot;, &quot;business&quot;, etc. as if corporations were zombie-bodied evil creatures programmed to attack human beings.

1. Corporations are owned by people.
2. Corporations hire people (though less frequently in the age of Obama).
3. People who work for corporations pay income taxes (unless they are in the lower half of tax filers.)
4. Liberals own shares of stock.  Are they bad people for doing so?
5. Corporations pay taxes which support liberals&#039; social programs.
6. Should the government force liberals to sell all stock holdings?
7. Bonus Question:  Do liberals like or dislike Obama-owned corporations?

And you&#039;d have to know that any new pledge created by a statist would omit &quot;under God&quot;.

Finally, if I were one of the liberati, I too would attempt to create a distraction from the first successful incident of domestic terrorism in eight years.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Primer for AmHater:</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve always been astounded by people who hate &#8220;corporations&#8221;, &#8220;business&#8221;, etc. as if corporations were zombie-bodied evil creatures programmed to attack human beings.</p>
<p>1. Corporations are owned by people.<br />
2. Corporations hire people (though less frequently in the age of Obama).<br />
3. People who work for corporations pay income taxes (unless they are in the lower half of tax filers.)<br />
4. Liberals own shares of stock.  Are they bad people for doing so?<br />
5. Corporations pay taxes which support liberals&#8217; social programs.<br />
6. Should the government force liberals to sell all stock holdings?<br />
7. Bonus Question:  Do liberals like or dislike Obama-owned corporations?</p>
<p>And you&#8217;d have to know that any new pledge created by a statist would omit &#8220;under God&#8221;.</p>
<p>Finally, if I were one of the liberati, I too would attempt to create a distraction from the first successful incident of domestic terrorism in eight years.</p>
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		<title>By: AmVet</title>
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		<dc:creator>AmVet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No, sorry Hef, you&#039;re the one hung up on giving faux left-handed salutes to veterans, etc...

As you were, feather merchant...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No, sorry Hef, you&#8217;re the one hung up on giving faux left-handed salutes to veterans, etc&#8230;</p>
<p>As you were, feather merchant&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Common Sense / Block #23</title>
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		<dc:creator>Common Sense / Block #23</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To Bosch:

Here’s yet another good ACLU defeat by the ACN:

http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4456</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To Bosch:</p>
<p>Here’s yet another good ACLU defeat by the ACN:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4456" rel="nofollow">http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/pressrelease.aspx?cid=4456</a></p>
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		<title>By: Common Sense / Block #23</title>
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		<dc:creator>Common Sense / Block #23</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>EXCERPT FROM AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE :

What’s behind America’s politically correct ‘love’ of Islam?

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Posted: November 09, 2009
9:25 pm Eastern
David Kupelian

So, why do we have this stubborn inability to come to grips with Islam? 

Everyone attributes it to “political correctness,” but I think it’s time to move beyond that shallow, passé, near-meaningless phrase. 

Do we dare admit what is really at play here? The truth is actually very simple. 

We are afraid of Islam. 

We are intimidated by Islam. 

And because we are afraid of and intimidated by Islam, Islam is changing us – in two distinct and profound ways. 

First, as is appallingly obvious, we’re afraid to criticize Islam openly, for fear of having our head cut off or having a fatwa put out on us like the director of the new “2012″ film, or we’re afraid of being sued by some of the very litigious Islamic organizations like CAIR, or we’re afraid of being called a racist, extremist, hater or “Islamophobe” thanks to the tyranny of political correctness, or we’re afraid of offending those in power and thereby risking our position, stature or other advantage. This reaction, while perhaps selfish and cowardly, is more-or-less conscious and strategic. 

However, for some it goes much deeper: Being intimidated by Islam (or by anything, for that matter) actually causes some of us to mysteriously grow sympathetic toward it, to defend it, to side with it, even to convert to it. This unconscious shift in attitude, in response to fear of being hurt, is called the Stockholm syndrome, named after the 1973 Swedish bank robbery during which the four terrorized hostages sided with their criminal captors while disparaging the police risking their lives trying to save them. 

We need to understand that a certain percentage of us, when we’re intimidated and upset, start to emotionally gravitate toward and agree with whatever is intimidating us. Not just superficially, as a temporary tactic of placating a bully so he won’t hurt us, but more profoundly, deep down in the inner sanctum of our being where our thoughts and feelings germinate and our loyalties bloom. 

Intimidation – that is, causing others to react with upset and fear – is a fundamental principle of mind control, fully capable of causing the victim’s loyalties to shift toward the intimidator, whether a schoolyard bully, gang leader, child molester, hostage-taking bank robber or Islamic radical. 

“Political correctness” – which is basically a low-grade Stockholm syndrome playing out on a broad societal stage – is actually a subtle form of brainwashing. Even establishment mouthpiece Newsweek, in its famous Dec. 24, 1990, cover story on the then-new phenomenon of political correctness on college campuses (titled “Thought Police”) conceded this truth when it reported: “PC is, strictly speaking, a totalitarian philosophy.” 

Bottom line: We’re intimidated, bullied, threatened, terrorized – and so we capitulate, not just in word and deed, but in thought. Get it? 

Most of the time, of course, this occurs below the radar of our own consciousness. We don’t understand what’s really happening. So we interpret our growing sympathy and affinity for whatever intimidated us as evidence of our loving, open-minded, enlightened nature. In reality, it’s the result of craven weakness on our part.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EXCERPT FROM AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE :</p>
<p>What’s behind America’s politically correct ‘love’ of Islam?</p>
<p>——————————————————————————–<br />
Posted: November 09, 2009<br />
9:25 pm Eastern<br />
David Kupelian</p>
<p>So, why do we have this stubborn inability to come to grips with Islam? </p>
<p>Everyone attributes it to “political correctness,” but I think it’s time to move beyond that shallow, passé, near-meaningless phrase. </p>
<p>Do we dare admit what is really at play here? The truth is actually very simple. </p>
<p>We are afraid of Islam. </p>
<p>We are intimidated by Islam. </p>
<p>And because we are afraid of and intimidated by Islam, Islam is changing us – in two distinct and profound ways. </p>
<p>First, as is appallingly obvious, we’re afraid to criticize Islam openly, for fear of having our head cut off or having a fatwa put out on us like the director of the new “2012″ film, or we’re afraid of being sued by some of the very litigious Islamic organizations like CAIR, or we’re afraid of being called a racist, extremist, hater or “Islamophobe” thanks to the tyranny of political correctness, or we’re afraid of offending those in power and thereby risking our position, stature or other advantage. This reaction, while perhaps selfish and cowardly, is more-or-less conscious and strategic. </p>
<p>However, for some it goes much deeper: Being intimidated by Islam (or by anything, for that matter) actually causes some of us to mysteriously grow sympathetic toward it, to defend it, to side with it, even to convert to it. This unconscious shift in attitude, in response to fear of being hurt, is called the Stockholm syndrome, named after the 1973 Swedish bank robbery during which the four terrorized hostages sided with their criminal captors while disparaging the police risking their lives trying to save them. </p>
<p>We need to understand that a certain percentage of us, when we’re intimidated and upset, start to emotionally gravitate toward and agree with whatever is intimidating us. Not just superficially, as a temporary tactic of placating a bully so he won’t hurt us, but more profoundly, deep down in the inner sanctum of our being where our thoughts and feelings germinate and our loyalties bloom. </p>
<p>Intimidation – that is, causing others to react with upset and fear – is a fundamental principle of mind control, fully capable of causing the victim’s loyalties to shift toward the intimidator, whether a schoolyard bully, gang leader, child molester, hostage-taking bank robber or Islamic radical. </p>
<p>“Political correctness” – which is basically a low-grade Stockholm syndrome playing out on a broad societal stage – is actually a subtle form of brainwashing. Even establishment mouthpiece Newsweek, in its famous Dec. 24, 1990, cover story on the then-new phenomenon of political correctness on college campuses (titled “Thought Police”) conceded this truth when it reported: “PC is, strictly speaking, a totalitarian philosophy.” </p>
<p>Bottom line: We’re intimidated, bullied, threatened, terrorized – and so we capitulate, not just in word and deed, but in thought. Get it? </p>
<p>Most of the time, of course, this occurs below the radar of our own consciousness. We don’t understand what’s really happening. So we interpret our growing sympathy and affinity for whatever intimidated us as evidence of our loving, open-minded, enlightened nature. In reality, it’s the result of craven weakness on our part.</p>
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		<title>By: Common Sense / Block #23</title>
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		<dc:creator>Common Sense / Block #23</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To Bosch:

Here is just one:

http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/trial-procedure-decisions-rulings/6088027-1.html

Now .......... if you will go to their site and the Alliance Defense Fund site (a similar organization) and take the time to read through all of the cases they have won over the past 20 years you will find many, many other examples).

http://www.aclj.org/
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/main/default.aspx

P.S.  Here is a list of Alliance Defense Fund victories in just one category:

http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/actions/victories/freedom.aspx</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To Bosch:</p>
<p>Here is just one:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/trial-procedure-decisions-rulings/6088027-1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.allbusiness.com/legal/trial-procedure-decisions-rulings/6088027-1.html</a></p>
<p>Now &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. if you will go to their site and the Alliance Defense Fund site (a similar organization) and take the time to read through all of the cases they have won over the past 20 years you will find many, many other examples).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aclj.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.aclj.org/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/main/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/main/default.aspx</a></p>
<p>P.S.  Here is a list of Alliance Defense Fund victories in just one category:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/actions/victories/freedom.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.alliancedefensefund.org/actions/victories/freedom.aspx</a></p>
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		<title>By: Bosch</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bosch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hef,

You know it dude.  And I&#039;m sure Ms. Hef to be is a super fantastic teacher as well - does she have to carry a baseball bat to school to beat off all the male students and teachers - or do you do that?  Again, the word on the street is STILL she&#039;s smoking hot!

Running upstairs for a bit.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hef,</p>
<p>You know it dude.  And I&#8217;m sure Ms. Hef to be is a super fantastic teacher as well &#8211; does she have to carry a baseball bat to school to beat off all the male students and teachers &#8211; or do you do that?  Again, the word on the street is STILL she&#8217;s smoking hot!</p>
<p>Running upstairs for a bit.</p>
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		<title>By: Hef</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hef</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bosch-I&#039;m sure Mrs. Bosch is a fantastic teacher ,takes pride in her work,&amp; has the respect of her students and peers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bosch-I&#8217;m sure Mrs. Bosch is a fantastic teacher ,takes pride in her work,&amp; has the respect of her students and peers.</p>
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		<title>By: Bosch</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bosch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And all you baseball nuts out there - what the hell happened to Sammy Sosa?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And all you baseball nuts out there &#8211; what the hell happened to Sammy Sosa?</p>
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		<title>By: Bosch</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bosch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hef,

Sorry, had to run out - but back to the teacher thing - no offense, but Cobb County?  Um, they think it&#039;s okay to put creation stickers on science books....just saying.  :-)

Block,

Hmmm.  Let&#039;s see, have I ever had a friend the victim of a violent crime.  You&#039;re new here apparently.  

And that Christian &quot;law&quot; center is winning case after case AGAINST the ACLU?  Got any links?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hef,</p>
<p>Sorry, had to run out &#8211; but back to the teacher thing &#8211; no offense, but Cobb County?  Um, they think it&#8217;s okay to put creation stickers on science books&#8230;.just saying.  <img src='http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Block,</p>
<p>Hmmm.  Let&#8217;s see, have I ever had a friend the victim of a violent crime.  You&#8217;re new here apparently.  </p>
<p>And that Christian &#8220;law&#8221; center is winning case after case AGAINST the ACLU?  Got any links?</p>
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		<title>By: Hef</title>
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		<dc:creator>Hef</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>AmVet@11:58-No,but I sure wish I&#039;d slept through your posts today as I normally would do.Unlike yourself I hold all accountable for their actions not just the chosen few to justify your anger/hate. You can stop saluting yourself in the mirror,we get it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AmVet@11:58-No,but I sure wish I&#8217;d slept through your posts today as I normally would do.Unlike yourself I hold all accountable for their actions not just the chosen few to justify your anger/hate. You can stop saluting yourself in the mirror,we get it.</p>
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